While many Americans are in the midst of "dry January," Jan. 17 once marked the start of a dry 13 years-- for all Americans -- a century ago. The 18th Amendment went into effect on Jan. 17, 1920, and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this Dec. 10, 2019, file photo a woman holding an umbrella passes the Carrie Nation lounge in Boston, titled after the namesake ...

The 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, a progressive effort to enforce social reform via expanded federal power and popularly known as Prohibition, was ratified on this day in history, Jan. 16, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Coast Guardsmen stand in front of two truckloads of liquor seized on April 14, 1931, after a battle between three policemen and ...

On Jan. 17, 1920, one hundred years ago, America officially went dry. Prohibition, embodied in the U.S Constitution’s 18th amendment, banned the sale, manufacture and transportation of alcohol. Yet it ...

View post: How to Make the Forgotten 1920s Cocktail Hidden in Ernest Hemingway’s Greatest Novel You might’ve missed the date, but it was recently the anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition. The 21st ...

In 1923 Episode 3, Jack and Elizabeth visit a speakeasy, where they sip Gin Rickey’s and Bee’s Knees cocktails. The Taylor Sheridan series takes place during a fascinating time in American history.

Prohibition speakeasies have the veneer of secret sophistication, but the reality was far grittier, particularly where the ...

Inspired by the distillery’s Prohibition-era history, including the 1929 100-day “distilling holiday,” this limited release will be available nationwide. Tony Sachs has written for numerous ...

It backfired faster than you can say Machine Gun Kelly. History books have dubbed the decade that preceded the Volstead Act as an era of “Bootlegging and Gangsterism.”As it turns out, just because ...

Nearly a hundred years after the US Government outlawed alcohol, Smithsonian Channel’s two-part limited series Drinks, Crime and Prohibition, examines the ban on alcohol in America, and the resultant ...